Sentences with phrase «smaller role in the lives»

Many people in Canada are either not religious AT ALL, or religion plays a small role in their lives.

Fathers play a much smaller role in the lives of their children as well.

While serving with the Royal Navy during World War II, Macnee made his first film appearance with a small role in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943).

Probably not, there will remain a need for them for the foreseeable future primarily for sophisticated work and job related functions, but they will continue to play a smaller and smaller role in our lives compared to what they represented just five short years ago.

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Robert C. Leslie identifies these salient points at which small groups played a vital role in church history: Christ and his disciples, the Apostolic church, Montanism, monasticism, the Waldenses, the Franciscans, the Friends of God, the Brethren of the Common Life, German pietism, the Anabaptists, the Society of Friends, the Wesleyan revival, the Great Awakening, the Iona Community, the Emmanuel Movement, and the Oxford Group Movement (from which came Alcoholics Anonymous).

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

Long ago in the ancient timeperiods of Greek and Roman civilizations, there were these Theological Philosophers who made stories as to just exactly what was the smallest things and their roles in the meanings of Life.

There are many small family - owned restaurants, often providing outdoor seating in the summer, which play an important role in the lives of the Sanmarinese, as meals are a daily part of family life and socializing.

How do you cope with life after football, and are you fulfilled sufficiently in your business life to compensate for playing a much smaller role in our game?

In this role, he has worked to support small businesses and maintain quality of life in the neighborhooIn this role, he has worked to support small businesses and maintain quality of life in the neighborhooin the neighborhood.

Though it is the country's smallest Congressional district by area, New York's 13th District has consistently played a larger - than - life role in city and state politics — marked by momentous wins, sometimes - bitter conflicts and historic alliances.

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in AmericIN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americin his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americin a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in Americin America.

Our smaller cities and towns are taking an active role in their revitalization, utilizing historic buildings, waterfronts and green spaces to create places where people want to come live, work and play.»

«Incredibly small groups of atoms, much too small to display exact statistical laws... play a dominating role in the very orderly and lawful events within a living organism.

Considering my small role in the universe, I thought I could best apply myself to trying to treat or even cure diabetes, and possibly other diseases that affect the health and lives of millions.

On page 386, scientists identify a version of a gene that plays a small but significant role in whether or not people get depressed in response to life stresses.

Next - generation sequencing — the ability to sequence millions or billions of small fragments of DNA in parallel — has revolutionized the biological sciences, playing an essential role in everything from locating mutations that cause human disease to determining how a newly discovered animal fits into the tree of life.

The footprints probably play an important role in allowing these small life - forms to spread, as they form a network of connected ponds.

While I have realised that I'm a person who wears «many hats» and can juggle many things and roles at once, in day - to - day life, I'm also all about simplicity, minimalism and finding beauty and happiness in the smallest of things.

After appearing in a pair of supporting roles (Trapped in Paradise and The Road to Wellville (both 1994)-RRB- and a cameo (1996's The Shot) shortly thereafter, Carvey disappeared almost entriely from the public eye until resurfacing in the 1999 Saturday Night Live; Presidential Bash and once again taking a small role in Adam Sandler's Little Nicky (2000).

Then, in the mid - to late 2000s, Zea locked down two regular small - screen roles with ABC: Trish Agermeyer on the short - lived «financial intrigue» series Eyes (co-starring Tim Daly) and filthy rich divorcée Karen Darling on the weekly prime - time soap Dirty Sexy Money.

By the time the nigh endless climax rolls around, Fright Night has certainly established itself as just another in a long line of needless horror remakes - with the movie's failure especially disappointing given the strength of Farrell's engaging performance (and it's also worth noting that David Tennant does manage to inject some life into the proceedings with his small role as a Vegas vampire hunter).

During Green's MTV tenure, he moved to films with a small role in the Saturday Night Live - based comedy Superstar (1999).

Like Scorsese's Casino, in which Rickles had a small role, Mr. Warmth tips its hat to a demolished way of life — Vegas power having transferred from the Mob to the even scarier thugs of corporations.

Although, for a time, Downey's stormy offscreen life and personal problems threatened to challenge his public image, he quickly bounced back and overcame these setbacks, with a continued array of impressive roles on the big and small screens that never sacrificed his audience appeal or affability.The son of underground filmmaker Robert Downey, Downey Jr. was born in New York City on April 4, 1965.

The men are all pretty much the same, the women are also pretty much the same, and the small - town loser stereotypes are a bit stale, but Sarah Colonna plays a great wallflower with secret bondage fetish, Morena Baccarin is sassy and accessibly beautiful in a «regular girl» role, and Rosenbaum's likable straight man who does the honorable thing in the end is all the more impressive after having seen his real life dude - brah persona.

Hammer landed two of his first major roles at polar opposite ends of the dramatic spectrum: one playing the young Christian evangelical minister Billy Graham in actor - turned - director Robby Benson's chronicle of Graham's early life, Billy: The Early Years (2008), and another playing the son of Satan on the small screen fantasy adventure series Reaper.

Joanne Whalley was born in Manchester, England and became interested in acting at an early age, appearing in small television roles including the television adaptation of JOBY, a novel by Stan Barstow, and A QUIET LIFE, about writer Beryl Bainbridge.

If anyone is disappointed with the small and short - lived role of Black Tom in this universe, Wernick and Reese don't seem too concerned with making sure this outcome sticks.

Both she and Viola Davis re-team with Taylor for the James Brown biopic, but this time in very small roles, as two of the women who had an influence on Brown during his life.

But Ethan Hawke has become such a supple actor that he takes the role of Ernst Toller, a former military chaplain who has found refuge in his life as a small - town reverend, and makes it convincing.

Among Hanks other girls, Wrenn Schmidt manages the most sympathetic and intriguing hint of the emotional life of a famous musicians side number in a small supporting role.

Michael Shannon (who's now been in all five of Nichols's movies) has a small role as a LIFE magazine photographer.

This is her first major role in an American film, but the Luxembourg native meets the challenge, which is no small feat when you are sharing scenes with a living legend.

This will be a rare acting turn for Mike Myers, who hasn't been seen in a live - action role in a non-documentary film since his small supporting turn in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds in 2009.

Willis and Norton also shine, mixing some pathos with pure hilarity, while Murray (who worked with Anderson in «The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou») and McDormant as feuding married lawyers are not on screen long enough to really make much of a difference, but are effective in their small roles.

In smaller roles, Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live) and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Concords) voice giants Bloodbottler and Fleshlumpeater, respectively.

Grahame's breakthrough role was the flirtatious, small - town hottie Violet Bick in «It's a Wonderful Life» (1946, Frank Capra).

His performance in The Drop is a small, minuscule glimpse at the brilliance he showcased with every role he brought to scarily realistic life.

Matt Damon goes small for a big role in Alexander Payne's new satire Downsizing, where people shrink their way to a better life.

She got started in the sport as a teen, and had a small role in short - lived TV show «Eleventh Hour,» but wasn't really on our radar before we saw Ramin Bahrani «s «At Any Price» last year.

Carradine and Paul L. Smith (known mainly for roles in Midnight Express and Popeye) are Pearl and Slue, a childless couple living in rural New Mexico, where Slue is a kingpin among small - time criminals.

The director calls on two of his The Help alumni for smaller but equally important roles: Viola Davis plays the battered mother who abandons James when he was a boy but who pops back into his life during the height of his fame, and Octavia Spencer plays the auntie who steps in as a guardian when the boy's father (Lenny James) enlists in the military.

At a roundtable interview, DeWitt discussed her research for the role, how playing a real - life person informed her approach to the character, what it was like meeting the real Sue Webb, what she enjoyed most about working with Renner, what she learned about journalists and their determination to get to the truth of their story, her new film «Men, Women & Children» directed by Jason Reitman, and her upcoming projects: Joe Swanberg's «Digging for Fire,» Sam Raimi's remake of «Poltergeist» with Sam Rockwell, and a small part in the TV mini-series «Olive Kitteridge.»

Aside from this winter's «The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty,» the actress has largely gravitated toward small - scale projects («Girl Most Likely,» «Friends With Kids «-RRB-, in roles that still fit within her wheelhouse, but also allow an opportunity for Wiig to exercise the kind of acting chops that more mainstream fare doesn't afford very often.

Arnaud Desplechin Desplechin is back, this time opening up the festival with Ismael's Ghosts, starring his regular muse Mathieu Amalric as a man caught between his current wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and the ghost of his former lover (Marion Cotillard, who previously had a small role in 1996's My Sex Life...).

Shannon's small role fits with this strategy: He plays a photographer for LIFE whose work brings pivotal attention to the Lovings» case, in scenes that are quiet and offhand and, indeed, actually about the process of the photographer attempting not to disrupt his subjects» lives as he takes their picture.

I still recall Considine's breakthrough role as an impressively creditable bully in Shane Meadows» A Room for Romeo Brass, followed by outings in Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski's Last Resort (as a bingo caller who salvages the downtrodden life of a young Russian mother and her potentially juvenile delinquent son), and 24 Hour Party People, a small hit on last year's art house circuit.

Wilson is a slight film, a small - scale character study of a man who's failed to see the meaning of life for many a moon and while Harrelson is brilliant in a role he could undoubtedly play in his sleep, the film around him just never clicks into a gear that would've made this tale something truly special.

Despite a performance from Melanie Lynskey who is as cute as she was in her first role in 1994 as a girl with a rich fantasy life in Peter Jackson's «Heavenly Creatures,» the comedy is slight, perhaps to be appreciated more on the small screen than in the movie house.